The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast
A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.
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Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Howdy, y'all! Come on back in this holler a spell and learn a bit about the Silver John tale, "Vandy, Vandy". This is another terrific yarn by Manly Wade Wellman and features a witch man trying his magic on an innocent young gal. Luckily for her, Silver John has come a calling and he's carrying a quarter!
One Things
Jon - Garth Ennis' War Stories, they are stories of war
Josh -
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and we further explore the catacombs of Ravenloft! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Welcome back, Cromrades! We're excited to kick off Season 12 with O Ugly Bird (read it here), a John the Balladeer story first published in the December 1951 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. We have a backwoods wizard, a local populace under siege, and John, who breezes through the mountains writing wrongs and singing songs!
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Hile, adventurers! We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Bourbon & Barbarians broadcast for this special release... We are joined by an old school friend from way back, Levi Combs, who spearheads Planet X Games!
Planet X has previously released Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride, and An Occurrence at Howling Crater. You may remember a previous episode we did with Levi about a year ago? Well,
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Tuesday May 12, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades! The end of The Road West is in sight, but we've got one more stop to make this week along the dusty trail, in a town called Whapeton. Or is it Wahpeton? We've been excited to get here, and now we're discussing The Vultures of Whapeton by Robert E. Howard! This is a fitting way to finish off the season, with discussions of classic vs. revisionist westerns, the trappings of
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Howdy, howdy cromrades! Get ready for funny bone tickling and mule kicking in an episode that features the humorous western character Breckenridge Elkins. We're going to be covering the Howard story "Mountain Man" and talking about why tall tales appeal to us. It's a rip roaring good time full of corn juice and giggles.
Things to check out
Mountain Man comic
Mountain Man,
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and we encounters the BRIDES OF STRAHD. Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades! This week we to back to the movies, and discuss classic and a modern takes on revisionist westerns - The Wild Bunch (1969) co-written by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah and directed by Sam Peckinpah, and The Proposition (2005) written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat.
Both of these films depict Howardian themes - civilization vs. barbarism, self
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades. We hope you are all doing well, we're still trying to pump out some content while the quarantine is in effect. For your enjoyment today, we offer "Trap of Gold" by the essential western author Louis L'Amour. It's short and sweet but full of atmosphere!
One Things:
Josh: Stardew Valley, the wholesome farming simulator!
Jon: the alcohol fueled, time travel story
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and take a spiral staircase, goin' dooowwwwnnnnn. Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/